The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of ChristianityOrr, Charles Ebert
Religion
The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of Christianity
Orr, Charles Ebert
Christianity
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto
the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son.” Heb. 1:1, 2. Here again it is declared that the day of Christ, this
Christian dispensation, is the last day, and that “there should be mockers
in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.” Jude 18.
How can you expect another time when this is declared to be the last time?
“Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you.” 1 Pet. 1:20. “Knowing this first,
that there shall come in the last days scoffers.” 2 Pet. 3:3. “Little
children, it is the last time.” 1 John 2:18.
How does John know it is the last time? Because the antichrists that Paul
says should come in the last days have come, therefore John says in the
same verse, “We know that it is the last time.”
Many more texts from both Testaments could be quoted, but surely the
reader will not ask for any more to help him believe it is the last time.
"While false prophets are confiding
In a foolish, erring dream,
Of millennial enjoyments,
They neglect the cleansing stream.
"O poor sinner, don’t believe them,
There will be no age to come;
If in life you find not Jesus,
Death will seal your awful doom."
Conclusion Of Part Third.
We have placed before the reader in the best manner we could, considering
our limited time, the beautiful light and wonderful accomplishments of
redeeming grace in the morning of this gospel day. In the apostolic
period, we again repeat, the church was the light of the world. The
Christians believed the whole Word of God. They taught the whole truth and
no more. They lived a pure, holy life just as Jesus lived and just as the
Bible declares that Christians must live. They were fully consecrated to
God. They counted not their lives dear unto themselves. They forsook all
to follow Jesus and lived wholly unto him. They had faith in God and power
with him. They were of one heart and of one soul. They all spake the same
thing. They were humble and equal. They healed the sick, cast out devils,
and raised the dead in Jesus’ name. Thus they were the light of the world.
Now the evening shall be as light as the morning. Man, as a Christian,
shall live as pure and holy and as deeply consecrated in this evening of
time as did the Christian in the morning time. At this present time God is
raising up a people who believe, experience and teach the whole Word of
truth. They have fled the ruins of Babylon and are proclaiming the
everlasting gospel in the fear of God and the clear light of heaven. God
is working with his pure and consecrated ministry, confirming the Word
with signs and deeds and wonders, the same as he did with the early
ministry.
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